Toronto Catholic School Trustee Makes Free Speech Case for His LGBT, Abortion Comments

Toronto Catholic School Trustee Makes Free Speech Case for His LGBT, Abortion Comments
Toronto Catholic District School Board Trustee Mike Del Grande has been accused of misconduct by the Ontario College of Teachers and is awaiting a tribunal decision. Courtesy of Mike Del Grande
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Nearly two years of disciplinary hearings for a Toronto Catholic school board trustee have wrapped up, with final arguments focusing on free speech and its limitations.

The Ontario College of Teachers brought Mike Del Grande before a tribunal in hearings starting November 2022 for comments he made about gender identity and abortion in 2019. Del Grande has a teaching licence but has never worked as a teacher.